One of the best memories of my teaching was when our precious children attended the Scholastic Book Fair…
It was on held in our Media Center for a whole week… Even during an late afternoon or early evening time, convenient for Parents and Children…
They were all so excited… and so proud to buy their very own book…
And now here we are today…
With all the divisiveness caused by our authoritarian government here in Florida…
Will Book Fairs be banned as well?
How much is enough???
This was my last very special Thanksgiving post from November 1st…2014…
Our precious children even moreso today need to feel loved and safe; provided with the tools that foster their Educational Path to a Successful Life Full of Heart…
Being at a school with a diverse population, I have found this time of year is quite a stressful time for the children…In addition,with more expectations from such a demanding curriculum than ever before…So many of my children came to me struggling because their lives are so difficult…
As their teacher, I must keep the rigors of the classroom curriculum moving along with understanding and inspiration…I reach out to my young parents providing them with knowledge about providing their child a daily reading and homework time…Encouraging parents to put their child to bed at an early bedtime…I use myself as a role model for my parents and children…Because, I myself have to be ready for school by 6:30AM..I must be in bed by 7:30-8:00PM…I share so much of personal habits of organization with my children and their parents…
It is my hope that I will empower my children and parents to appreciate these values that will foster their child success in school…
Some of my parents will…However many do not… Their child may struggle…
It will always be my responsibility to provide the safety and structure…Through this beautiful season of “Fall Holidays”…Providing Love and Giving Thanks…
Our young precious children start out with Love and Inclusion…
Very disappointing…
Yet, with all the divisiveness in our Country…
Our precious children do reflect what they experience…
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I So Believe in that Hope…
If we can emphasize the practice inclusivity with Love and Acceptance of those who are different... Especially in homes and our schools...Our precious children will grow up with that Love in their Hearts...
My years of teaching and dedication to our precious children… has given me the opportunity to advocate for their lives…
My heart is breaking for our precious children who are currently being affected by the unrest between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas who is occupying the Gaza region…Where innocent Palestinian and Israeli children are being killed… injured…
And now because of this unrest and uncertainty in our World….
Our precious children are being killed in their respective countries… Because of a certain group wanting to eliminate another certain group of people, who they believe do not belong in our World…
And right here in our Country…Many of our schools are not able to keep our children safe at school…due to a lack of gun control… Causing many of our children anxious and frightened in coming to school…
Where do we go from here???
I Declare World Peace 🕊️
#IDWP
FOR, IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, OUR MOST BASIC COMMON LINK IS THAT WE ALL INHABIT THIS SMALL PLANET. WE ALL BREATHE THE SAME AIR. WE ALL CHERISH OUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE. AND WE ARE ALL MORTAL
💜JFK
#IsrealPalestineconflict
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#FloridaTeacher🍎
#TEACHers
#HalloweenHavoc
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Memories…
My last Halloween with the children…8 years ago…The end of a very long day…
In the many years of my teaching… I realized October was one of those favorite months for children…We had our daily routine down; teaching those essential, required learning activities…And now by October, I could add those creatively fun activities through art, writing and play, centered around this glorious sceason…
I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers” ...
~ L. M. Montgomery, “Anne of Green Gables”
In the challenges of Today, our precious children are dealing with so very much…I must acknowledge and admire the teachers and essential staff that are still providing them those creative activities that are characteristic of October’s Magic…🎃
We will now have a federal office that will address gun reform…
Our precious children must feel safe at school… Arming teachers, definitely is an extremely dangerous solution… School resource officers do help, however, this solution has proven to be not enough…
These are the definite times, we must reform, including a ban on assault weapons… Along with providing the must needed mental health resources…
Our precious children learn best when they feel safe,fed, and loved when they are at school...
The way we treat our children directly impacts what they believe about themselves…
Ariadne Brill
Positive Parenting Connection
How very true… These are most challenging of times… Directly impacting how our precious children deal with their lives…They are not insulated…
With such a divisive government, the critical funding of essential programs with the necessary teachers required to provide children with an education to keep up, is lacking…
Schools being controlled by authoritarianism…Gun reform is extremely necessary to keep our precious children safe…
They are so filled with anxiety about going to school… Thus causing, many of our precious children dealing with mental health issues…
We are have opportunities and are extremely fortunate to have a president who cares… However Congress’ gridlocked is causing the chaos…
We must do better for our precious children…We have opportunities coming, and we must do much better!!!
#VoteBidenHarris24
#TakeBackFl
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I am feeling hopeful that this extremely restrictive, authorian government will be pushed back!!!
Our precious children deserve so much better…
By Cydney Tucker and Ivan Pereira
September 13, 2023, 8:24 AM
People need to walk in the places where these things happened...
After Florida’s governor and education department rolled out a controversial updated curriculum regarding Black history lessons, many students, parents, educators and elected officials raised their voices over how slavery was being presented.
The new curriculum included instruction for middle school students that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, can be applied for their personal benefit.”
“That’s mean,” Marvin Dunn, a professor at Florida International University, told ABC News. “That’s mean to say that to Black people that there was some advantage, some positive benefit to being enslaved. They weren’t even considered to be persons. So how could they have personal benefits?”
Dunn and other educators have banded together with parents and students and formed a non-profit coalition, the Miami Center for Racial Justice, to protest Florida’s new curriculum and raise awareness for the Black history that they say is being erased from classrooms…
The group has held rallies and teaching tours at Florida’s historical sites to counter some of the misconceptions they say are now being taught.
One of the tours was in Rosewood, Florida, where a Black community once prospered until a white mob destroyed it in 1923…
“People need to walk in the places where these things happened so that they become meaningful to them, so that you carry the experience beyond just the academic histories, not just facts,” Dunn said. “If you only teach history as facts, you’re really teaching a catalog, not really emotion.”
They’re probably going to show that some of the folks that eventually parlayed, you know, being a blacksmith into things later in life,” DeSantis said during a news conference in July.
The governor further defended the curriculum changes in an interview with Fox News in August contending the curriculum’s wording lets teachers show “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”
“That particular passage wasn’t saying that slavery was a benefit. It was saying there was resourcefulness, and people acquired skills in spite of slavery, not because of it,” he said.
Juana Jones, a Miami middle school teacher and parent, however, told ABC News she was concerned about this major change to teaching slavery.
“I do believe that kids should know the truth about how this nation came about, and then they can form their own opinions afterwards,” Jones said. “There’s a level of trauma, and I do believe that everyone should know the truth in middle school [and] high school.”
Dunn warned that the country is not far away from a period of severe anti-race violence, and the only way to solve this problem is to educate people about the truth.
“It’s important to know history, to not repeat history. It’s important to note so that we don’t do it again,” he said…
Reflecting on my teaching career, as I do quite often…
It’s been almost 10 years now since I was that first grade teacher, and my heart breaks for all the extremely difficult challenges teachers of today are dealing with…And I am frustrated that we are allowing this to happen….
Yet, I do still hold onto hope…For that better day to come… I so believe the reelection of President Biden and Vice President Harris will make that difference…And here in Florida we elect a governor that supports our public schools…
Then ..Whenever I am out and about in our community, and I have an opportunity to interact with one of our precious children…
I always let them know I was a teacher…And they definitely still check me out ..I am so delighted to realize…They are still that innocent.. I still do have that special connection with them heart to heart… Their parents close by, are there for them…
Just recently having had a conversation with a second grade, little girl, asking her how her school year was going, and her telling me she liked second grade…
Children are still children… Parents are still wanting the best for their children…
It really is up to us to do better…
Janis Sexton...Teacher...Advocate 